modern era last couple of years. there's a way to keep the senate minimally in session, maybe one or two members present. that way, most of the senate's on summer break. but this can't happen. is that correct? >> that's correct from my understanding of the senate rules, brian. i think what we've never seen before and what kind of leaves an open question as to how this might unfold is you've never had a republican president and a republican congress together at such a tumultuous time where there is the question of the possibility of a recess appointment. now, this assumes that republicans would somehow try to get in the way of sessions replacement and it also assumes that there will be a sessions replacement, which as my colleague michael was just saying we think right now maybe that's not the case. maybe this has blown over. from what i'm hearing, as well, there have been senior aides in the white house telling the president that firing jeff